Is the six-minute stepper test valid to evaluate functional capacity in hospitalised patients with exacerbated COPD?

D. Britto Ribeiro (São Paulo, Brazil), A. Carleto Terrazas (São Paulo, Brazil), C. May Moran De Brito (São Paulo, Brazil), W. Pereira Yamaguti (São Paulo, Brazil)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Insights into assessment of functional status in respiratory disease patients
Session: Insights into assessment of functional status in respiratory disease patients
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 1213
Disease area: Airway diseases

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